Comment by atomic_cattlepr
9 hours ago
Well, the damage to the ecosystem from the BP oil spill will likely last a few hundred years. The damage from Chernobyl will likely last for a few tens of thousands of years.
9 hours ago
Well, the damage to the ecosystem from the BP oil spill will likely last a few hundred years. The damage from Chernobyl will likely last for a few tens of thousands of years.
The environment around Chernobyl has already recovered, and is now healthier than it would have been without a nuclear disaster (due entirely to it's function as a human repellent).
The area is still bad for humans; but not terrible for the ecosystem.
And yet even including Chernobyl nuclear is far safer than oil and gas per kw
Sure. In the same way that flying is far safer than driving. There are massive amounts of safeguards in place to keep it as safe as possible. The problem is that when something goes wrong, it goes very, very wrong. This is why some people fear flying and nuclear power.
Way more people will die from climate change because we were forced to rely on oil instead of building out nuclear.
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Its not when something goes wrong, its if. And it still is much safer and a lot better for the environment than oil
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